Email Scam: Did you receive an Email claiming Your Opinion is Important! Take This Survey to Claim Your $50
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Have You Received a Scam Email?
CVS, claiming Your Opinion is Important! Take This Survey to Claim Your $50
Did you receive an email
supposedly from CVS, claiming Your Opinion is Important! Take This Survey to Claim Your $50?
Did they then instruct you to 'click here' on a link in the email or something similar?
Well, don't fall for it. It is NOT from CVS. It is a scam, and if you call them
back or follow their instructions you will lose money and possibly
your identity! The people behind this are the worst kind of human
scum; willing to do anything to scare, threaten, lie, cheat and
steal money from anyone, including the elderly and poor. They
usually operate out of Nigeria, China, Russia and even some
developed western countries. Attachments typically include malware
to infect your computer, tablet or phone and allow the scammer to
capture your passwords.
Other variations of the scam have subject like:
- Congratulations! An CVS reward has arrived!
- 30 Seconds Will Reward You With $50 in Exclusive CVS Rewards
- $50 in Exclusive Rewards Provide Your Opinion on CVS
- Claim Your Fifty Dollar CVS Reward
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Report received, May 18, 2013:
-----Original Message-----
From: Thank
you! CVS
[mailto:notification+31e2pjp1pivDuRNkZPdIOtzoZwy0suJ7e@atmosphatez.cf]
Sent: Friday, May 08, 2020 2:13 PM
To: your_email_address
Subject: Your Opinion is Important! Take This Survey to Claim Your
$50
<http://atmosphatez.cf/r.php?t=o&d=5063&l=1215&c=4780>
Your Opinion is Important! Take This
Survey to Claim Your $50
<http://atmosphatez.cf/r.php?t=c&d=5063&l=1215&c=4780>
<http://atmosphatez.cf/r.php?t=c&d=5063&l=1215&c=4780>
<http://atmosphatez.cf/r.php?t=u&d=5063&l=1215&c=4780>
click here <http://atmosphatez.cf/opt.php?d=5063&l=1215&c=4780&em=eb8b998ab512ed3429c6e9bc5ef3d15a>
to remove yourself from our emails list
Information About CVS, claiming Your Opinion is Important! Take This Survey to Claim Your $50
Notice the email and links go to a website with a domain extension of .CF.
That is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Central
African Republic. Obviously, CVS is not headquartered there.
There are several websites that focus on reports of scam Emails.
The links below go to pages on these other websites were you can read reports
about the scams associated with this phone number (CVS, claiming Your Opinion is Important! Take This Survey to Claim Your $50):
It is a scam
Don't fall for it. It is a scam.
What to do
Just ignore it and delete the email. Do not click on anything in
the email.
Apple offers the following advice:
If you get a suspicious Email:
Scammers spoof phone numbers
and use flattery and threats to pressure you into giving them information,
money, and even iTunes gift cards. Always verify the caller's identity before
you provide any personal information. If you get an unsolicited call from
someone claiming to be from Apple, hang up and contact us directly.
Microsoft says:
Tech support scams are an industry-wide issue where scammers use scare tactics
to trick you into paying for unnecessary technical support services that
supposedly fix contrived device, platform, or software problems.
Scammers
may call you directly on your phone and pretend to be representatives of a
software company. They might even spoof the caller ID so that it displays a
legitimate support phone number from a trusted company. They can then ask you to
install applications that give them remote access to your device. Using remote
access, these experienced scammers can misrepresent normal system output as
signs of problems.
Cybercriminals don't just send fraudulent email
messages and set up fake websites. They might also call you on
the telephone and claim to be from Microsoft. They might offer
to help solve your computer problems or sell you a software
license. Once they have access to your computer, they can do the
following:
Trick you into installing malicious software
that could capture sensitive data, such as online banking user
names and passwords. They might also then charge you to remove
this software.
See these pages for guidance as applicable to your specific situation:
Protect Yourself:
The following documents and websites can help you learn
more about phishing and how to protect yourself against phishing attacks.
Methods of Reporting Phishing Email to the US Government
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In Outlook Express, you can create a new message and drag and drop the
phishing email into the new message. Address the message to phishing-report@us-cert.gov and
send it.
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In Outlook Express you can also open the email message* and
select File > Properties > Details.
The email headers will appear. You can copy these as you normally copy text
and include it in a new message
tophishing-report@us-cert.gov .
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If you cannot forward the email message, at a minimum, please send the URL
of the phishing website.
* If the suspicious mail in question includes a file attachment, it is safer to
simply highlight the message and forward it. Some configurations, especially in
Windows environments, may allow the execution of arbitrary code upon opening and
viewing a malicious email message.
For More Information About Phishing, See:
There are several websites that focus on reports of scam Emails.
The links below go to pages on these other websites were you can read reports
about the scams associated with this phone number (855-687-1444, claiming This is Microsoft. This call is to inform you that your Microsoft license key has expired):
Related Scams
There are a number of common telephone scams, such as:
and some new and as yet, uncommon scams.
For a comprehensive list of national and international agencies to report scams, see this page.